Miner, Tina and Buck

profiles of, 236–242

mines in the Buffalo Creek Valley

in 1972, 7–11

current, 424–426

mining

future of, 424–426

mountaintop method, 429, 449n9

Moore, Governor Arch

Ad Hoc Commission of the disaster, 9–11, 22–25, 28n5

involvement regarding Buffalo Creek, 22, 111n76, 193n49

mountaintop mining, 140, 429, 449n9

negative cultural legacy, concept of, 41, 365n2

neighbor(s), definition of, 493

neighborhood, definition of, 493

neighboring, definition of, 493

neighborly, definition of, 493

neighbors and neighboring

along Buffalo Creek, 91–93, 310–313, 324–326, 466–467, 476–477

of Buffalo Creek respondents, 204, 256–258, 279–300

definitions of, 493

at Elk Creek, 356–357, 485–486

at St. John, 356–357, 485–486

Newport, Joleen

profile of, 343–345

Nugent, Tom

comments about account, 56–59

research of, 45–55

people of Buffalo Creek, being with them, 195–300, 387–390

perspectives

social destruction perspective, 39–43, 104–105, 180–188, 361–364, 365n2, 383–384, 392–398, 446

social re-creation perspective, 43–45, 104–105, 180–188, 361–364, 365n2, 383–384, 392–398, 446

Pittston Company

irresponsibility of, 22, 121n136, 405

lawsuit against, 11, 63–68, 110n55, 111n76

operations along Buffalo Creek, 7–8, 22

Pompeii, destruction of (as an example of total destruction), 40–41, 446

post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 75–81, 114n88

Princeville, NC

disaster at, 436–438

PTSD. See post-traumatic stress disorder

purposive sets, sampling, and selection, 307, 366n4, 367n5, 457–462

race relations, 186–187

rebuilding

Buffalo Creek’s infrastructure since 1972, 127–188

of communities, 396–398

definition of, 494

recommendations

for small rural communities, 438–445